Government shutdown live updates: Senate to vote on funding bill today; Dr. Mehmet Oz faces confirmation hearing
Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes to avoid a government shutdown and Mehmet Oz faces his Senate ...
Senate works to prevent a government shutdown as Democrats are divided
The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.
If You Want To Cut Government Spending, You Can't Ignore the Pentagon
Since the 1950s, every effort to reduce the size and scope of government has been bulldozed by a political establishment more ...
Senate’s Democratic leader says he won’t allow government shutdown despite budget concerns
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to speak with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending ...
Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego reject GOP budget plan as government shutdown looms
Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly of Arizona stuck with their party to oppose an 11th-hour GOP plan to fund the federal ...
US October-February budget deficit hits record $1.147 trillion
The U.S. budget deficit for the first five months of fiscal 2025 hit a record $1.147 trillion, the Treasury Department said ...
Burn pit fund for veterans on chopping block in GOP spending bill
Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in a stopgap federal spending bill passed by House Republicans this week that would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs fund ...
Government deficit rose 4% in Trump’s first full month in office, despite DOGE. UBS says the U.S. is slashing confidence, not spending
While the government did cut its outlays in February the budget deficit for the month more than doubled compared to January ...